This spread asks us for a solstice guide and checks in on our materialism-nature axis. It also reveals what light each of us can bring into the oppressive darkness that will be cast in the coming year.

The longest night is the perfect time to perform a ritual of your own design, to gather our circles and to cast spells. It’s also the perfect night for a Tarot reading.

Those consumed solely by wealth hoarding and riches lose all connection to nature. Is it any wonder that when Christians colonized the Solstice, they added only commercialism, stress, and the emptiness of expensive gift-buying?

The element of Earth, represented in the Outsider Tarot as the Suit of Roses 🌹, symbolizes the realm of materialism and earth magic. Roses are a perfect symbol, having begun as a wildflower that was cultivated into a money-producing crop. In the Suit of Roses, we must learn to balance the axis.

We stand at the Capricorn ingress ♎️, the cardinal Earth sign of the Zodiac. Ruled by Saturn, Capricorn embodies discipline, responsibility, and structure. It governs our reputations, careers, and the frameworks of society, including rules and regulations.

This SOLSTICE is the Outsider’s ultimate holiday, a time to gather and summon witchy powers during the longest night and emerge from the shadows into the light. This year, the Solstice feels especially poignant/vital as we fortify our means of self- and community protection and prepare to resist.